Yep. I wanna see all these filters/screens that "needed" replacing......

 

I wont feel too bad though, pan gasket was leaking :-)

 

Yeah. That makes perfect sense. I wouldn't feel bad either if I were in your shoes.

But, all this screen BS makes me crazy........

 

OK cruiser to help backup the no need to change the filter, I was so bored today I went and did some maintenance on the my 95, Which Im to say it was needing.
Well I did the tranny fluid cause it looked all burnt up and smelly, then I thought hell just to show it here for science, Ill take out the filter and cut it open to show what its looking like, stuff Duma likes to do.
This filter has been in the jeep for almost all its life, well it is really the only filter the jeep has had till today. The 95 has had its fluid changed once and awhile I promise (if at all really most of my time is on the 2000)

well here is the filter sorry its all f'ed up, I just cut and ripped it out.





You can see how brown it is, but I don't see anything really stuck in it.



In the light for better looking.



You can even read through it.



So this filter didn't even need to be replaced, even though the fluid looked so bad. I could of just did a few drain and refills, which I'm doing right now (sure ) So I see no need to replace these filters unless you see alot of particles in the tranny fluid. But then again you could just do a few D and R to fix that.

More pics of the AW4 screen.








Ps I'm the original owner for 95 and 2000, so I know whats been done to both jeeps
and the 95 had its original filter cause I never changed it until today.

 

Thanks for the pix. As everyone can see, the trans filter does not have the same job to do as do an oil or air filter.

All it does is keep metal particles down in the pan and not circulating with the fluid.

 

Thanks Dumajones for busting the myth.

Bookmarked for future reference.

 

Roler:

Did you know that by design the plug is soft and the pan is tough?

New plug instead of new pan....

Pretty clever, eh what?

 

You need to go through all the gears a few times before you check the levels of the fluid. My transmission shop guy showed me this a long time ago.

 

I love how everyone over complicates a simple drain and fill. I just did my first one and thought the worst and it took 15 mins to do.

Drain

pour 3 qts of DEX III/MERC in,

start,

shift through gears a few times (drive forward and backwards if preferred)

Put in neutral and check level, if too low then add

If too much, drain some out. It isn't rocket science. You'll be amazed at how easy it'll be


PS- and to add something else too this, do yourself a favor, and if you haven't done so yet, adjust you "TV" cable (kickdown as many people wrongly call it) by following these easy steps

Turn jeep off
Open hood
Location throttle body and 2/3 cables that are connected to it. The cable closest to the front has a setup with a plunger on it.

Depress the grey button and whilst holding it down, push the plunger all the way in

Release button

Go inside jeep and press the accelerator peddle all the way to the floorboards

You should hear the plunger clicking as it automatically adjusts.

 

No, it certainly isn't.

 

Everytime i hear talks of diffs, TC and tranny, people always wanna make it seem like you have to stand infront of a mirror in a pitch black bathroom and say candy jeep 3 times for it to get done.

 

I have no idea what that has to do with rocks, but okay!

 

Lol. Have you never heard of the horror movie candy man where, if you stand infront of a bathroom mirror and call his name out 3 times, hell come and kill you

 

Geez, sorry I missed that........

 

Of course I have. Have you really not noticed your typo lol